diff --git a/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoil_impl.hpp b/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoil_impl.hpp
index ae4ec74a7..6902e9123 100644
--- a/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoil_impl.hpp
+++ b/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoil_impl.hpp
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ namespace Opm
                 if (timer.currentStepNum() == 0) {
                     output_writer_.writeInit(timer);
                 }
-                if( ! adaptiveTimeStepping )
+                if( ! adaptiveTimeStepping || timer.currentStepNum() == 0 )
                     output_writer_.writeTimeStep(timer, state, well_state);
             }